Instead the travelling Celtic fans appear to have made quite an impression on their hosts as the club's official Twitter account is now urging the Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron to let Scotland go their own way – just like Iceland.

The tweet from the FC Stjarnan accout read: "Dear BritishMonarchy & @David_Cameron just got to know some great Scottish and most like to be independent. It works in Iceland so way not?"

The Gardabaer side are well known for their imaginative goal celebrations, which you can see in the video below, and if the Yes side do win a future referendum then the Stjarnan players would surely be a good choice for organising an Independence Day party.

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Speaking on BBC1's Andrew Marr show, Salmond said that three issues are driving the move towards a referendum - the UK Government's alleged refusal to deliver a vow on home rule, the European Union issue and austerity.

The MP for Gordon said: "I think a second independence referendum is inevitable. The question is not the inevitability, it's the timing and that is very much in the hands of Nicola Sturgeon."

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Look back on Celtic's encounter with Stjarnan in the Champions League second qualifying round last week with our gallery below.